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Personal info

Full name
PARO, Jack
Date of birth
15 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Follansbee, Brooke County, West Virginia
Hometown
Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35399097
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Hatzenport, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 2 8

Immediate family

Members
Antonio Paro (father)
Margarete (Calaborca) Paro (mother)
Mary Paro (sister)
Virginia Paro (sister)
Christina Paro (sister)
Frank A. Paro (brother)
Anthony Paro (brother)

More information

Pvt Jack Paro graduated from McKinley High School and was employed at the Republic Steel Corp. in Canton, Ohio.

His brothers Anthony and Frank served with the U.S. Navy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Canton Repository - 11 April 1945